Motor Speech Disorders: A Cross-Language Perspective

Published by Multilingual Matters 2014

Motor Speech Disorders

A Cross-Language Perspective

Edited by: Nick Miller and Anja Lowit

In the series Communication Disorders Across Languages

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783092338

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About this book

This book investigates cross-language aspects of motor speech disorders, including their assessment and treatment as well as the underlying neurophysiological and neuropsychological disruptions that bring about disorders of speech motor control.

Author / Editor information

Miller Nick :

Nick Miller is Professor of Motor Speech Disorders at Newcastle University, UK. His main research interests include apraxia, dysarthria and dysphagia and the psychosocial impact of neurogenic communication disorders.

Lowit Anja :

Anja Lowit is Reader in Speech and Language Therapy at Strathclyde University, UK. Her research interests include dysarthria, prosodic disorders, acoustic analysis of disordered speech, treatment effectiveness and the development of outcome measures.

Nick Miller is Professor of Motor Speech Disorders at Newcastle University, UK. His main research interests include apraxia, dysarthria and dysphagia and the psychosocial impact of neurogenic communication disorders.

Anja Lowit is Reader in Speech and Language Therapy at Strathclyde University, UK. Her research interests include dysarthria, prosodic disorders, acoustic analysis of disordered speech, treatment effectiveness and the development of outcome measures.

Reviews

The real goal of speech motor control is communication, so to understand motor speech disorders we have to study them in context – in the full diversity of human languages in which they arise. This ground-breaking, engaging book will foster identification of universal and language-specific symptoms of motor speech disorders, and stimulate research on their assessment and treatment.

This is a ground-breaking seminal work which assesses the state of knowledge in a wide variety of languages, lays the theoretical foundations for future research and is a much-needed complement to research in aphasia. It greatly enriches our understanding of the representation and organization of speech and language in the human brain.

Sandra Polding, SLT, National Child Psychiatry In-Patient Unit for Scotland:

This is a fascinating, well-written and informative book...Reading this has left me energised, enthusiastic and excited about the potential in this area. The authors highlight that further research is essential across many languages. This will be exciting and innovative, so watch this space.

Christopher Plant, Griffith University, Australia:

This text will surely become regarded as a seminal text in the area of Motor Speech Disorders (MSDs). Despite the clear emphasis on providing cross-language insights, the researcher or clinician whose work is very much grounded in English-speakers would stand to benefit hugely from reviewing the opening chapters to gain new insight and direction into linguistic approaches to the description, diagnosis and treatment of MSDs.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. Introduction Nick Miller and Anja Lowit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1: Setting the Scene
2. Introduction: Cross-Language Perspectives on Motor Speech Disorders Nick Miller, Anja Lowit and Anja Kuschmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
3. Motor Speech Disorders: What are They? Anja Lowit, Nick Miller and Anja Kuschmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
4. Motor Speech Disorders: Issues in Assessment and Management Anja Kuschmann, Nick Miller and Anja Lowit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
5. Using English as a ‘Model Language’ to Understand Language Processing Michael S. Vitevitch, Kit Ying Chan and Rutherford Goldstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
6. Cross-Language Studies in Deaf Signers Martha E. Tyrone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
7. Apraxia of Speech in Bilingual Speakers as a Window into the Study of Bilingual Speech Motor Control Marina Laganaro and Mary Overton Venet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
8. Phonological and Speech Output in Adult Non-Literate Groups Dora Colaço, Ana Mineiro and Alexandre Castro-Caldas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Part 2: Language Specific Profiles and Practices
9. Dysarthria and Apraxia of Speech in Selected African Languages: Zulu and Tswana Anita van der Merwe and Mia Le Roux Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
10. Motor Speech Disorders in Chinese Tara L. Whitehill and Joan K-Y. Ma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
11. Diagnosis and Therapy in Adult Acquired Dysarthria and Apraxia of Speech in Dutch Roel Jonkers, Hayo Terband and Ben Maassen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
12. Some Segmental and Prosodic Aspects of Motor Speech Disorders in French Danielle Duez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
13. German Language Contributions to the Understanding of Acquired Motor Speech Disorders Bettina Brendel and Ingrid Aichert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
14. Motor Speech Disorders in Languages of the Indian Subcontinent: Some Perspectives from Hindi and Kannada R. Manjula and Naresh Sharma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
15. Dysarthria and Apraxia of Speech in Japanese Speakers Masaki Nishio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
16. The Nature, Assessment and Treatment of Dysarthria and Apraxia of Speech in Portuguese Karin Zazo Ortiz, Maysa Luchesi Cera and Simone dos Santos Barreto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
17. The Nature, Assessment and Treatment of Dysarthria and Apraxia of Speech in Spanish Natalia Melle, María-Teresa Martín-Aragoneses and Carlos Gallego Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
18. The Nature, Assessment and Treatment of Dysarthria and Apraxia of Speech in Swedish Ellika Schalling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
19. Conclusion Anja Lowit and Nick Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275

Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Pages
- Main content: 280
Keywords: neurology; speech impairment; neurophysiology; aphasia

eBook

Published: July 21, 2014
ISBN: 9781783092338